Technology News: General

Punjab Chief Secretary S C Aggarwal on Friday evening visited the Punjab Biotechnology Incubator (PBTI), an important component of the Agri-Food Biotechnology Cluster being set up in Knowledge City, Sector 81, Mohali, to review the facilities available.

Bajaj Auto launched the much-awaited high-end bike Kawasaki Ninja 250 cc motorcycle in Pune on Wednesday.

National Knowledge Commission Chairman Sam Pitroda said on Sunday that Gujarat has to put in a lot of efforts in the next decade after having missed the first wave of IT/ITES revolution in the country.

Wellington, September 24 (ANI): A 16-year-old Kiwi student has come up with a gadget that can prevent preschoolers from going deaf at child care, due to exposure to excessive noise.

London, September 23 (ANI): The first ever "virtual census" of the human characters used in US video games has shown that males, adults and white people are over-represented in such games, while females, black people, children and the elderly are under-represented.

London, Sept 23 (ANI): Patients who often forget to take regular doses of medicines will now be reminded by a "chip on their shoulder".

Melbourne, September 22 (ANI): Robots of the future would be used for sexual purposes, believes a leading scientist.

London, Sep 21 (ANI): Hate retuning your car radios again and again after losing your favourite channel during long journeys? Well, IBM's new software that connects the radio with the vehicle's satnav could be your ultimate saviour.

London, September 19 (ANI): The U.S. army's fleet of robots will soon be enhanced with the addition of forthcoming reconnaissance craft called the 'hopping rotochute', which will be capable of travelling deep into obstacle-ridden spaces like caves and rubble-laden buildings to video what it finds.

Melbourne, September 18 (ANI): A GPS navigation-based system is expected to revolutionise advertising, for it can publicise products directly to supermarket trolleys based on a shopper's in-store behaviour and purchasing history.

London, Sept 17 (ANI): Boffins have developed an amazing skeleton robot that moves just like humans.

Washington, September 17 (ANI): It may not be wrong to say that the pen is mightier than the keyboard, for a new study on schoolchildren so suggests.

London, Sept 16 (ANI): A robot that can leap over walls and obstacles more than 7.5metres has been developed.

Washington, September 6 (ANI): German researchers are sure that compression technologies can put an end to the poor images and sound quality that are often encountered by people during video and telephone conferencing sessions.

Washington, September 4 (ANI): Stanford scientists may revolutionize digital photography with the aid of an open-source digital camera, which will give programmers around the world the chance to create software that will teach cameras new tricks.

Union Minister of State for Communications and Technology Sachin Pilot is likely to attend the latest edition of E-revolution, the annual software jamboree organised jointly by the governments of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh.

London, Sep 1 (ANI): World's largest automaker Toyota has come up with a novel device that prevents a car from starting when the driver is over the alcohol limit.

Four years after the deluge that exposed gaping holes in the city's disaster management techniques, the BMC still cannot switch over to Terrestrial Trunk Radio Access (TETRA), an advanced communication system that will work during flooding and even in "no-network" conditions.

London, August 30 (ANI): The world's first laptop with twin monitors is slated to hit the stores by the end of the year.

ISRO has lost its radio link with India's first lunar-craft Chandrayaan-1. The link was lost at approximately 1:30 am IST. What this means for now is that communication cannot be received from the lunar-craft. ISRO will take a final decision on the moon mission later in the day.